Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Easter Egg Wreath

Today I am linking up for a party at Just a Girl for a little Show and Share Party and Becky at Beyond the Picket Fence for 100 Ideas for under $100.00 and Madison at Somewhatsimple. I made these last year in mass quantities and decided I would make no more, however the bug got me, along with a couple of friends who didn't get one last year so I pulled out all the makins' and here we are. Please join Just A Girl

I saw this process on a post last year, but I don't remember whose, so sorry I couldn't give the credits. But it is fun, easy and there is very little cost in them so a person could just make them as tossables after the Easter is over.

The fun thing about this is you can use any colors, make them with any size eggs and decorate them with as little or as much fluff as you like.

My supply list. plastic eggs, any size or several sizes, ribbon, grass, hot glue, (oops forgot to show that but you will see that in a later photo), cardboard, and a pencil.

I cut a 12" circle using a plate as my template, make a mark 2" in and draw another circle and then cut with a sharp knife. It does not have to perfect and I use my dinner and salad plates for template. I then tie a small piece of ribbon at the top for a hanger and make two pen marks where I don't want to glue eggs.

The next step is to hot glue your eggs, butts together starting from one pen mark and going to the next. This is pretty simple, you can make a pattern or not, I don't because it would upset my anal self to have it not work out perfectly in the end. :)

It takes about 48 eggs to make it nice and full. You can also use the little small ones to make it fuller or the really large ones to make a BIG wreath.

Before adding the second layer of eggs I hot glue some grass in between the eggs. It just takes care of few of the empty spaces and makes it look fuller.

Did I mention the hot glue? Please be careful when shoving the grass in between those eggs or you will get this.

OUCH! I ended up with 3 huge blisters by the time I was done.

Almost done, just have to add a second layer of eggs at random on top of the first layer, Poke a little more grass in the empty holes and...........

And........your done. Total cost for this project under $10.00
Two bags of eggs @ $2.00 each = $4.00
One bag of grass @ $1.50 = $1.50
1 roll of ribbon @ $3.00 = $3.00
Misc. items such as glue and cardboard I found in my cupboard.

Hello DebbieI came over from Robin's blog to say "hi". I love the pretty easter wreath you made. I enjoyed reading your great tutorial.Your grandchildren are adorable and your bathtub pond is wonderful.Best Wishes from EnglandLindsay

I loved your wreath so much that I just had to make my own! Now friends and family want me to make them wreaths as well. I loved that I could find everything I needed at The dollar store! Thank you for sharing!

Hi! I tried creating something like this also after reading your post and can safely say that I have failed miserably. LOL. My wreath is nowhere near as gorgeous as yours!! Nonetheless, I did post about it and linked back of course :) http://mybusycraftlife.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/easter-prep-stage-3-happy-easter.htmlThanx for a great idea!

I made one of these and love how it turned out! It's way too early to put it out but I cannot wait for Easter season.

Plaid/mod pose makes these hot glue finger caps. There are 3 of them for about $5. Everyone using hot glue should invest in them. I am so glad I did. I never had to worry about burning my finger with the grass :)

I found your tutorial last year and just wanted to say...I loved it so much that I made my own....I also mentioned you on my blog along with my wreath... Thanks again for the inspiration.~Tracy @ Oh, Dill Pickles

Thanks for the inspiration and tutorial! I made my own last night and posted about it on my blog! I featured you in my post about it! http://kraftymamakas.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-egg-wreath-tutorial.html#

So easy and adorable! Just made 2 of them for my double front doors. They took me less an hour to make both and cost me $8 for all the supplies. For 2 of them I used 80 regular plastic eggs, 20 mini plastic eggs, a 1/3 bag of Easter grass and 2 bows (got these really cool large iridescent lavender bows at Dollar tree). So cute, thanks for the great idea!!!